The rising sun is rising in the east, and under the sunshine, the people who are running are dragging out long oblique shadows.
On the long official road, more than 50,000 Tang troops were quickening their pace, heading towards Chengdu.
"Quick, speed up!"
The coach, Li Xiaogong, was riding on a tall horse. He kept waving his hands, urging his soldiers to speed up. He also whipped the horse whip in his hand from time to time, wishing he could fly back to Chengdu immediately.
"Your Highness!"
At this moment, an urgent call came from behind. Li Xiaogong hurriedly reined in his horse and turned around to look, only to see the deputy commander-in-chief Li Shiji coming on horseback. He immediately asked: "General Li, is there something you want to tell me?"
Li Shiji rode his horse to the front of Li Xiaogong, nodded and said: "Your Highness, we have been marching for five or six hours since we left Kuimen last night. My brothers haven't slept all night. I'm afraid that if we keep going like this, we won't be able to hold on. Stay here, let them rest for a while."
Li Xiaogong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't sympathize with the soldiers, the current situation is urgent. The southern part of Bashu is empty, and Yue Fei's army is making rapid progress. It's hard to say whether they have already reached the walls of Chengdu. And there is Li Jing behind us. With a hundred thousand troops, they will catch up at any time, and we have no time to rest at this time. Tell the brothers, I will definitely reward them well when we get to Chengdu."
"Your Highness, are you making too much of a fuss?"
Li Shiji smiled slightly and said: "Yue Fei has no achievements to speak of except for wiping out the magic stick of Hong Xiuquan. Is such an unknown person worthy of Your Highness being so nervous? As for Li Jing in the rear, I think Yun Tianbiao is a loyal man. , will never do anything out of greed for life and fear of death, he will definitely implement His Highness’s military orders and guard Kuimen for three days.”
Li Xiaogong sighed and said: "I also know that Yun Tianbiao is a loyal person, but I don't think he can really guard Kuimen for three days. Li Jing's military skills are by no means as simple as you think. He was a horseman back then. When he was the Prime Minister of Yi County, he had some friendship with our Li family. At that time, Shimin said that if one day he takes charge of the three armies and goes to war, the enemy he fears most is Li Jing."
"As for Yue Fei, although he is an unknown person. But more than two months ago, Shimin wrote to me, asking me to beware of those unknown people who suddenly appeared in the Sui army. He said that Yang Gao had a very good sense of people. People like Chang Yuchun, Xue Rengui, Zhang Juzheng, Yu Yunwen, Wang Shouren and others were unknown before they were promoted and re-employed by Yang Gao, but after they were re-employed by Yang Gao, they all proved themselves with their abilities and achievements, so Never underestimate any enemy general in the Sui army!"
Li Shiji received Li Shimin's strong defense and guarantee when Li Yuanji was defeated in Hanoi and unfortunately was captured. From then on, he devoted himself to Li Shimin's Qin King's Party. Because of his outstanding commanding ability, he was highly regarded by Li Shimin. Before the wars of Sui and Tang Dynasties, he often discussed the art of war with Li Shimin. He admired Li Shimin's ability very much.
Now when he heard Li Xiaogong say that Li Shimin was so afraid of Li Jing and Yang Gao's talent for employing people, Li Shiji was shocked in his heart and opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what to say.
After being stunned for a long time, Li Shiji slowly came back to his senses, cupped his hands towards Li Xiaogong, nodded to indicate that he understood what Li Xiaogong meant, and then rode back to the rear to urge the troops to speed up their march.
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But what Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji never expected was that in a dense forest a few miles away from them, Yue Fei, the culprit who caused the chaos among their subordinates and made them tired from running around, was riding his horse next to a big tree, looking sternly. Looking at the flying dust in the east.
Deep in the dense forest, countless Sui soldiers were wearing swords and swords. Their bodies were covered with thick branches, leaves and loess. Their eyes were equally bright and looking towards the east, revealing endless fighting spirit and murderous intent in their eyes.
Next to Yue Fei, the eldest son Yue Yun chuckled and said, "My father is really a mastermind. As expected, Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji came in a hurry. They didn't even have any scouts to inquire about the terrain ahead."
Yue Fei said calmly: "My little plan cannot be called a brilliant plan. Chengdu is an important city in the southwest and the heart of Bashu. Its importance is self-evident. Anyone with a little military mind will guess that Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji will lead the main force to return support."
"That's not necessarily the case!"
Wang Zhongsi on the side smiled slightly and said: "If I were in the position of Commander-in-Chief Yue now, even if I expected that Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji would lead their troops to come back for reinforcements, what I would definitely do would be to capture Chengdu first, and then rely on Jiancheng and the Tang army. The main force decided to fight. But I would never have thought of abandoning Chengdu, taking a detour to ambush the Tang army, and defeat the main force of the Tang army first. Chengdu's strategic position is only second to Chang'an, Luoyang and Jiangdu. With such a city in front of me, I would never be able to let it go. "
Yue Fei shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't want to take Chengdu, but there is really no way. The city of Chengdu is high and deep. Although there are only six or seven thousand county soldiers in the city, as long as they are deployed properly, it is absolutely impossible to hold it for one or two months. Problem. Once the main force of the Tang army returns to support, our army is still fighting fiercely under the fortified city, then we will be in danger of being annihilated.
Therefore, the best choice now is to defeat the main force of the Tang Army first. If Chengdu is lost, Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji will definitely be punished by Li Yuan, so they will definitely abandon Kuimen and rush back to Chengdu day and night. General Li Yaoshi uses his troops well. I believe that his troops will quickly defeat the troops behind the Tang Army who blocked the pursuit, and pursue them all the way. At that time, we can attack from both front and back and annihilate the main force of the Tang Army in one fell swoop!
As the saying goes, nothing can change without its origin. As long as the entire Tang army in the Bashu area is wiped out, whether it is Chengdu or other cities, it will be easy to capture them! "
"Tang Jun is coming!"
While Yue Fei and Wang Zhongsi were talking, Li Xiaogong and Li Shiji had already urged tens of thousands of troops to appear in the sight of the Sui army. Yue Fei and Wang Zhongsi immediately stopped talking, and quickly glanced at the Tang army brigade running quickly on the official road.
Yue Yun on the side secretly clenched the golden hammer in his hand and asked in a low voice: "Commander father, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and order the attack!"
Yue Fei waved his hand and said calmly: "No, wait a little longer. When the Tang army is halfway through, we will fight out. We will definitely prevent them from looking at each other!"
Upon hearing this, Yue Yun immediately suppressed the fighting spirit in his heart and retreated to the side to wait for Yue Fei's order. About a quarter of an hour later, Yue Fei, who had been keeping his body down, suddenly straightened up his back, raised the Liquan gun in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Charge the whole army, capture Li Xiaogong alive, and capture Li Shiji alive!"
